for me is why such things even exist.. Perhaps so we can seriously question the integrity behind their existence..
I believe children should enjoy being children instead of being brainwashed with ideals if beauty especially at such an early age..
What do you say to a child...

I didn't turn out vain I turned out the opposite. The opposite is just as bad. Honestly my sister was in them to and she's completely fine so maybe it wasn't the pageants but I dislike the idea of them because It's too much, when I lost to my sister one year we barely looked at...

Well, I believe that beauty pageants should be for women and teenagers. They just try to make the kids look more grown up. It's not very natural. They would be fine by me if the girls had less makeup on and looked, well, like kids. It looks like the kids...

... and tell me it doesn't break your heart when that little girl cries because the fake tan spray is too cold. I mean, really? Fake tan, fake teeth, a hairdo that looks like a big bowl of sauerkraut and tons of hairspray? At her age? I am a grown woman. I am naturally beautiful...

pageants when they are babies because they don't really know whats going on, and if they are old enough to say that they want to do the pageants and they like doing it, but the moms that force their girls to do it against their will are wrong, Thats just mean. And the spray...

judge a child and say if one is prettier then the other. All children are beautiful and if one doesn't win you know it makes them feel ugly inside. Plus a lot of parents take it way to out of hand and do it for themselves.

Whenever I see a Little Girl in makeup I feel like I am going to throw up in my mouth. I just think about that Jon Benet Ramsey girl and what happened to her and it makes me so sad. I have to wonder if there are at least a couple perv's judging those things and it makes my skin...

girl isn't she pretty? Now go compare her to others and don't even think about anything else. Oh and we can't forget the creepers, pedophiles of the world go nuts and indulge ur self with how these girls look!"

First of all, that people would be evaluated based on their "beauty" I find objectionable. Young women can be extremely sensitive to issues of their confidence and self-worth. Beauty pageants reinforce the mistaken and dangerous belief that physical appearance is paramount, and...

Some people would be quite surprised that I would use the word disgusting to describe little girl beauty pageants,considering the stories I've written and some of the things that I get up to here on ep.However,my stories and activities all involve adults,in consensual scenarios...

Personally, nothing against beauty pageants. It's just what the little desperate moms who project what they wanted in life onto their daughters make them into.
Seriously. Those kids are spoiled, defiant, bratty, conceited, blah blah blah you get the point.
Those should be...

...understand why parents would dress their daughters up like ******. Whats the point? Her face is caked with make up, performs a dumb talent and gets judged to see if she's good enough. That sends them a terrible message. Beauty pageants for little girls shouldnt exist.

Just the photo of this group is a little creepy. Look at that girl, she looks like a little monster.
I find it very disturbing that some people have made an event out of sexualizing small children. It is pedophilic and quite disgusting. But then of course in a field like...

I think its personal for each family ... its a bit rich to allege that the entire concept is a haven for male and female pedo's ... I haven't heard of any other then the cloud of doubt that surrounds the death of Jon benet and God only knows who's involved in that ...
Surely...

I greatly oppose this kind of manipulation. Children, girls for that reason, needs their time to spend their years as children. To play and act like children in their natural and pure ways. Not exposing them to competitions and rivalries according to how adults have selfishly...

I do not have words to describe how much I despise the parents who are into this kind of abuse. Girls, especially of that age are not supposed to be on that kind of pressure. For what so mommy can fulfill her deviant desire of success through her daughter.&nbsp...

be little girls and I'm not saying there's nothin wrong with dress up but these silly pageants are just away parents try to live through their children.
I don't like seeing little girls being 'grown up'
I would never let my daughter do that....
It's bad parenting, think about...

Okay, this is just not right, I don't care what anyone else says, a 10 year girl wearing sexy dresses, make-up, heels and chicken fillets is quite frankly disturbing. Very disturbing. Children should not be sexed up like this, no wonder children are no longer acting like...

beautiful, before the harsh reality of society sets in. In reality we are told to be skinny but go to any extreme lengths to do so or be individuals and stay normal, we all should have at least a few memories of Happiness and unconditional love.

How these parents think it's okay to sexualize their children is beyond me. There are already a million things going on that are making children grow up to fast. Why not have their childhood? Let them go out, play in the dirt, get messy and get skinned knees...

I fail to understand the attraction or purpose of Beauty Pageants for little girls. Little girls are perfect just being little girls. There is a vile bastardization of their purity, innocence and youth by these warped adults having them dress up and behave as prostitots. ( And...

want to go out and play with friends and it's their parents forcing them to go through it just because the parents 'never had the chance' to be in a beauty pageant, and the kid just gets brainwashed into the whole ordeal.

beauty pageants when I was little! I just recently stopped but up until now, I had probably done over 100 pageants maybe. I disagree. I loved them! I think that they really helped me to mature into a young lady. then again, I'm from the south & pretty much everyone is in...

and thoughts about this. Sometimes I think it's okay and sometimes I think it's going too far. But I'm never one to accuse a parent of being a bad parent about it, or going into the streets and protesting about. People, just chill.When you see these pictures, your feelings start...

I only have boys but I'd die and go to hell before I'd ever cover my little girl with slap and march her around in front of a load of perverts! kids should have time to just be kids, plenty of time later for lipstick and high heels!

Thankfully these pageants are not big in Australia because I just think they are wrong on so many levels For one thing the make up, why on earth would a sane parent want their child done up in professional make-up is beyond me, my kids wear make-up applied the way kids should a...